Chapter Summaries

Lei Dong considered the Supreme Sect’s impending duel and resolved to protect the Heavenly Devil while investigating the Eight Sons of Lingxiao’s possible secret mission. He returned to Warm Fragrance Small Abode, where he reunited with Ouyang Rong'er and learned of her impressive progress in alchemy.

• Chen Ge and Wei Hua complained about the Supreme Sect’s attack, while Lei Dong weighed the threat and suspected the Eight Sons of Lingxiao might be seeking the Storage Box.
• Lei Dong decided he would protect the Heavenly Devil and keep the Eight Sons of Lingxiao from leaving Kang Prefecture unchallenged.
• Zuo Chao and the others told Lei Dong how much Warm Fragrance Small Abode had accomplished over the past twenty years, prompting him to visit.
• Lei Dong found Ouyang Rong'er in a ravaged ravine after a failed pill refinement, caught her as she tried to flee, and frightened her into apologizing.
• Ouyang Rong'er reported her cultivation and alchemy achievements, leaving Lei Dong pleased with her progress.

Lei Dong brought Ouyang Rong'er and his companions to Zhaixing Peak for the approaching battle against the Eight Sons of Lingxiao, where cultivators from across Kang Prefecture had gathered. After Qi Feifei arrived to meet him, a young girl called for her help, leaving their meeting interrupted.

• Lei Dong learned that Ouyang Rong'er's improved pills and Old Qian's business acumen had helped grow his pill shop into twenty stores worth more than fifty million Spirit Stones.
• Lei Dong took Ouyang Rong'er, Zuo Chao, Chen Ge, and other Foundation Establishment Cultivators to Zhaixing Peak ahead of the decisive battle.
• Lei Dong and his companions concealed their strength and camped among the enormous crowds of cultivators gathered around the peak.
• Qi Feifei arrived and told Lei Dong that Wan Yan and the others were accompanying the Heavenly Devil Lord.
• A young girl approached in a slow Escape Light and called to Qi Feifei for help.

Qi Feifei rescued a young cultivator from four Ling Gu Sect elders, then openly revealed her identity as the wanted Enchanting Fox. Lei Dong accepted that this would bring trouble with the Hehuan Sect and said they would use the gathering at Zhaixing Peak to argue their case.

• Lei Dong noticed a young orthodox-sect cultivator fleeing four Foundation Establishment pursuers from the Ling Gu Sect.
• Qi Feifei pulled the girl to safety and ordered Miao Renjie and the other elders to leave her alone.
• Miao Renjie said Gu Mo had ordered them to bring the girl back, but Qi Feifei threatened to kill them if they did not leave.
• After Lei Dong sent her a message, Qi Feifei openly gave her name, and the Ling Gu Sect elders withdrew to await the Hehuan Sect's response.
• Qi Feifei worried that her declaration would cause trouble, and Lei Dong said they would face the Hehuan Sect and argue their case before the gathered cultivators.

Lei Dong and his companions faced the Yin Yang Old Monster, who attacked Qi Feifei and slaughtered the fleeing cultivators. Lei Dong overpowered him with A Chou, the Soul Devouring Shadow Tiger, and his Netherflame Ghost Banner, then demanded his surrender.

• Qi Feifei struggled to speak to Lei Dong after he publicly tied himself to her, while Chen Ge and the others stood by Lei Dong.
• The Yin Yang Old Monster arrived at Zhaixing Peak and used Yin Yang Red Sha to kill nearly a thousand fleeing cultivators.
• Qi Feifei protected Lei Dong and the others with peach-colored mist and asked Lei Dong whether he could hold off the old monster.
• Lei Dong summoned A Chou and the Soul Devouring Shadow Tiger, making the Yin Yang Old Monster abandon his threats and try to flee.
• Lei Dong struck the old monster with a Netherflame Ghost Claw, then A Chou, the Shadow Tiger, and the Netherflame Ghost Banner overwhelmed him.
• Lei Dong gave the Yin Yang Old Monster five breaths to surrender and pledge allegiance before the Myriad Ghosts devoured his soul.

Lei Dong defeated Yin Yang Old Monster with his Ghost Sea but spared him and ordered him to keep the encounter secret. After Yin Yang Old Monster left, Lei Dong’s companions reacted with awe, just as a Yin Sha Sect warship arrived asking where Yin Yang Old Monster was.

• Lei Dong tried to recruit Yin Yang Old Monster, but Yin Yang refused to serve him, so Lei Dong attacked with his Ghosts.
• Lei Dong withdrew the Ghost Sea before it killed Yin Yang Old Monster and told him to enter seclusion until he reached the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Lei Dong warned Yin Yang Old Monster to keep his strength secret, and Yin Yang Old Monster burned away the nearby witnesses before departing.
• Chen Ge, Wei Hua, Qi Feifei, and the others were stunned by Lei Dong’s power after Yin Yang Old Monster left.
• A Yin Sha Sect warship descended, and someone asked Lei Dong where Yin Yang Old Monster was.

Heavenly Devil Lord arrived after Yin Yang Old Monster had fled and prepared for her duel with Fan Quqing, reassuring Lei Dong that she had powerful support. Lei Dong gave her his newly forged Netherflame Ghost Banner to help ensure her safety, leaving her with the treasure for the coming fight.

• Heavenly Devil Lord rushed to Lei Dong after learning Yin Yang Old Monster had attacked, but found that he had already retreated.
• Lei Dong explained Yin Yang Old Monster's retreat, and Heavenly Devil Lord ordered the Yin Sha Sect to capture him alive or bring back his corpse.
• Lei Dong privately asked whether Heavenly Devil Lord could defeat Fan Quqing, and she told him about her two Early Stage Ghost King spirit ghosts, a Nascent Soul Early Stage Mechanism Puppet, and her pills.
• Lei Dong asked Heavenly Devil Lord to dismiss her subordinates and revealed his Netherflame Ghost Banner, an Innate Spiritual Treasure he had recently forged.
• Heavenly Devil Lord initially refused the banner, but accepted it after Lei Dong insisted that her life mattered more to him than the treasure.

Lei Dong arranged for Tianmo to conceal her strength before the life-and-death battle, then reached Zhaixing Peak amid a vast gathering of cultivators. There, Qing Niangzi reported that she had built up the Hidden Dragon Army and its supporting network.

• Lei Dong urged Tianmo to make the crowd underestimate her so he could profit from bets and help her win by surprise.
• Tianmo and her followers flew toward Zhaixing Peak while Lei Dong traveled separately with Qi Feifei and other disciples.
• Lei Dong saw the enormous city and encampments assembled around Zhaixing Peak to host the battle, with more than a million cultivators gathered.
• Lei Dong summoned Qing Niangzi, who greeted him as the Army Lord and insisted on observing military discipline.
• Qing Niangzi reported that she had recruited seventeen exceptionally talented children for the Hidden Dragon Army and organized a wider force of 315 Foundation Establishment Cultivators and 28 Golden Core Cultivators under Ghost Gu control.

Lei Dong organized the Hidden Dragon Army and assigned Qing Niangzi and Qi Feifei to manage two new money-making ventures. The lottery launched in Kang Prefecture, drawing frenzied crowds of Qi Refining Cultivators as Lei Dong watched his plan begin to earn a fortune.

• Lei Dong questioned whether Qing Niangzi's recruits were loyal, then praised her work and said he would take charge of the Hidden Dragon Army after resolving the matter with the Heavenly Devil Lord.
• Qi Feifei asked to join the Hidden Dragon Army, and Lei Dong agreed that she could assist Qing Niangzi while continuing to cultivate.
• Lei Dong explained two profitable ventures to Qing Niangzi and Qi Feifei, and he put them in charge of carrying out the plan with help from Dongfang Fu and Wan Yan.
• Qing Niangzi opened ten lottery platforms in the Qi Refining district, where Golden Core and Foundation Establishment Cultivators managed ticket sales and crowds.
• Qi Refining Cultivators rushed to buy tickets after hearing about the prizes, and winners of Foundation Establishment Pills and valuable Magic Items intensified the excitement.
• Lei Dong watched from the shadows and calculated that selling the prepared tickets could bring in tens of millions of Spirit Stones.

Lei Dong profited from lotteries and received a huge shipment of wealth and gifts from the barbarians through Blood Demon. When Lei Dong opened the Storage Box that Blood Demon had recovered, he was transported to the beautiful Hundred Flowers Valley.

• Qing Niangzi sold out the Foundation Establishment lottery tickets, and the winner sold his Ascension Pill to a Nascent Soul cultivator before joining Myriad Ghost Cave for protection.
• Lei Dong prepared to launch a lottery for Golden Core Cultivators, but lacked a suitable prize until Blood Demon returned from Zhao Prefecture with a Nascent Soul Pill.
• Blood Demon reported hundreds of millions of Spirit Stones in profits and delivered gifts from Saintess Lan Qisi, whom Lei Dong planned to repay with weapons and armor.
• Blood Demon gave Lei Dong the Storage Box after Lei Long removed its soul imprint and restricted it so only Lei Dong could open it.
• Lei Dong touched the Storage Box with his spiritual sense, and it vanished from the secret chamber as he found himself in Hundred Flowers Valley.

Lei Dong discovered that the Storage Box contained a portable small world with abundant spiritual energy and a different flow of time. After testing its cultivation benefits, he began investigating how much time passed inside compared with outside.

• Lei Dong explored the small world, found its spiritual energy exceptionally rich, and returned to the basement through a spatial portal.
• Lei Dong told Blood Demon and Heavenly Demon about the small world and brought Blood Demon inside to see it.
• Blood Demon asked to cultivate there for five years to reach Nascent Soul Mid-tier, but Lei Dong postponed the request because he needed Blood Demon's strength amid the outside turmoil.
• Heavenly Demon and Blood Demon realized that time passed differently inside the small world and suspected its creator had mastered the Time Law.
• Lei Dong sent Blood Demon and Heavenly Demon outside, cultivated inside for twelve hours, and felt his cultivation improve.

Lei Dong refined the Storage Box enough to claim its Cave Heaven Blessed Land and used a lottery to earn a fortune from Kang Prefecture’s Golden Core Cultivators. He then began shaping public opinion and announced betting odds for the coming showdown, where most people favored Fan Quqing.

• Lei Dong returned from the Cave Heaven Blessed Land and learned that time passed nearly ten times faster inside, then encouraged Blood Demon to use it for a breakthrough.
• Lei Dong initially refined the Storage Box, placing his soul mark on it while Heavenly Devil stood guard.
• Blood Demon hosted Lei Dong’s lottery beneath Zhaixing Peak, where more than thirteen hundred Golden Core Cultivators gathered to buy tickets for a chance at a Nascent Soul Pill.
• The lottery brought in over 1.2 billion Spirit Stones and earned Lei Dong a profit of 900 million, leaving him with about 1.5 billion Spirit Stones in usable wealth and resources.
• Lei Dong spread rumors about the Supreme Sect’s strength, and reports of a powerful Heavenly General led many people to doubt Heavenly Devil could defeat Fan Quqing.
• Lei Dong announced betting odds favoring Fan Quqing, but bets on him continued to pour in despite the more favorable odds for Heavenly Devil.

As rumors of the Heavenly Devil’s injury spread, cultivators overwhelmingly bet on Fan Quqing, while Lei Dong manipulated the odds and prepared to profit from the decisive battle. He visited his expanding Cave Heaven Blessed Land, where the Heavenly Devil refined his Ghost Banner and built up an army of ghosts.

• Cultivators across the marketplace and righteous sects discussed the odds, with many concluding that Fan Quqing would defeat the Heavenly Devil.
• The Yin Sha Sect’s secret that the Heavenly Devil had badly wounded her soul while practicing the Demonic Command Art leaked, prompting more cultivators to bet on Fan Quqing.
• The Blood Demon told Lei Dong that bets on Fan Quqing had passed 2.5 billion Spirit Stones, and Lei Dong ordered him to raise the Heavenly Devil’s odds and lower Fan Quqing’s.
• Lei Dong told the Blood Demon that they might flee to Zhao Prefecture if the Heavenly Devil lost and they could not repay the bets.
• Lei Dong expanded the Cave Heaven Blessed Land and built a hundred-story tower to house cultivators at different cultivation levels.
• Lei Dong found the Heavenly Devil refining his Netherflame Ghost Banner and commanding ghosts, potentially reaching six hundred thousand.

The Heavenly Devil and Fan Quqing began their decisive duel on Zhaixing Peak, trading powerful attacks and expensive resources. Fan Quqing then brought out a beast-shaped puppet with Nascent Soul-level strength to attack the Heavenly Devil.

• The Yin Sha Sect and Supreme Sect representatives arrived at the arena with the Heavenly Devil and Fan Quqing, and announced the duel’s terms.
• The Heavenly Devil and Fan Quqing exchanged challenges before beginning their fight.
• The Heavenly Devil’s Great Heavenly Devil Fist and Fan Quqing’s sword strikes clashed without either gaining an advantage.
• Both women fought with powerful techniques and costly talismans, matching each other’s resources.
• Fan Quqing summoned a beast-shaped puppet radiating Nascent Soul-level power and sent it to attack the Heavenly Devil.

Fan Quqing used the Supreme Sect's secret art to summon Meng Chao, a Heavenly General with high-tier Nascent Soul combat strength, while Xuan Zhenzi concealed that he had placed Meng under her command. The Heavenly Devil revealed two Ghost Kings and unleashed her Netherflame Ghosts against Meng, leaving the battle poised for their clash.

• Fan Quqing summoned Meng Chao, and Xuan Zhenzi dismissed the Yin Sha Devil Venerable's cheating accusation while privately admitting he had staged the summoning.
• Xuan Zhenzi anticipated Fan Quqing's victory and celebrated the prospect of winnings from a 1.6-billion-Spirit-Stone bet.
• The Blood Demon and Dongfang Fu feared for the Heavenly Devil, while Lei Dong urged them to trust her.
• The Heavenly Devil summoned two Early Stage Ghost Kings, astonishing the spectators and making Fan Quqing jealous and wary.
• Fan Quqing ordered Meng Chao to kill the Ghost Kings, and he charged toward the Heavenly Devil.
• The Heavenly Devil enlarged the Netherflame Ghost Banner and sent its ghostflame-wreathed ghosts surging at Meng Chao, who struck at them with a palm.

The Heavenly Demon used the Netherflame Ghost Banner’s vast Ghost Tide to wear down Meng Chao and Fan Quqing. Meng Chao’s barrier shattered after he charged toward the Heavenly Demon, leaving him weakened and surrounded while the watching Nascent Soul Cultivators looked on.

• Meng Chao’s palm strike crushed hundreds of Netherflame Ghosts, but the scattered ghosts quickly recovered and the observers realized how resilient they were.
• The Ghost Tide engulfed Meng Chao, whose barrier withstood the ghosts’ claws until their repeated attacks began weakening it.
• Meng Chao unleashed a wide-ranging spell that killed about a thousand ghosts, but the attack drained his strength and failed to clear the larger tide.
• The Heavenly Demon sent small squads of ghosts against Meng Chao and ten thousand against Fan Quqing to wear them down while limiting her own ghosts’ losses.
• Meng Chao burned through the ghosts and charged at the Heavenly Demon, but the ghosts and the Heavenly Demon’s spells slowed and battered him.
• After a few hundred breaths, Meng Chao’s barrier shattered; he raised another shield after defending himself, having lost thirty percent of his strength while killing fewer than ten thousand ghosts.

Heavenly Devil Lord killed Fan Quqing after Lei Dong arranged to exploit her desperation in the duel. The Supreme Sect’s Xuan Zhenzi and other Nascent Soul Cultivators confronted the gathered Yin Sha Sect, leaving the prefecture on the brink of conflict.

• Fan Quqing swallowed a pill and unleashed the Myriad Sword Art, destroying thousands of Ghosts as she tried to turn the battle around.
• Lei Dong had Heavenly Devil Lord attack Fan Quqing while her attention was fixed on controlling her swords.
• Heavenly Devil Lord and two Ghost Kings struck Fan Quqing together, destroying her body, defensive treasure, and Nascent Soul.
• Yin Sha Devil Venerable ordered the Yin Sha Sect’s cultivators to support Heavenly Devil Lord as Nascent Soul Cultivators from other sects rushed to the arena.
• Xuan Zhenzi and the remaining Six Sons of Lingxiao shattered the battlefield barrier, but Heavenly Devil Lord had already reached the Yin Sha Sect’s forces.
• Xuan Zhenzi demanded that Yin Sha Devil Venerable surrender Heavenly Devil Lord, and Yin Sha Devil Venerable rejected his threat.

After Fan Quqing’s death, Xuan Zhenzi demanded that the Yin Sha Sect hand over the Heavenly Demon, while Blood Demon urged Yin Sha Devil Venerable to resist. Reassured that the Yaksha King would intervene if needed, Yin Sha Devil Venerable defied Supreme Sect, and Xuan Zhenzi left to report the standoff.

• Xuan Zhenzi appealed to Kang Prefecture’s cultivators to avenge Fan Quqing, but Blood Demon argued that Supreme Sect was breaking the Life and Death Contract.
• Blood Demon provoked Shang Jian into a duel, and Xuan Zhenzi ordered Shang Jian to stand down.
• Blood Demon urged Yin Sha Devil Venerable to fight Supreme Sect, warning that compromise would not prevent the sect’s destruction.
• The Heavenly Demon told Yin Sha Devil Venerable that the Yaksha King would intervene against True Lord Taiyi if necessary.
• Yin Sha Devil Venerable declared that the Yin Sha Sect would fight rather than submit, and Xuan Zhenzi departed with the remaining members of the Lingxiao Seven.

Kang Prefecture’s sects formed a hundred-year alliance against Supreme Sect, while Lei Dong accepted that he could not yet provoke the larger power. As the Lingxiao Seven fled by sea, the Yaksha King confronted them and ordered them to warn True Lord Taiyi not to force Kang Prefecture and the Yaksha Tribe into a united war.

• Yin Sha Devil Venerable persuaded Kang Prefecture’s sects to unite against outside threats, and they signed a pact preserving the status quo for a hundred years.
• The alliance rejected Hehuan Sect’s demand that Yin Sha Sect surrender Lei Dong and Qi Feifei, and Blood Demon told Lei Dong the pact had been signed.
• Lei Dong proposed killing the Lingxiao Seven, but the Heavenly Demon and Blood Demon vetoed the plan to avoid giving Supreme Sect an excuse to attack.
• The Lingxiao Seven left for the sea, and Xuan Zhenzi complained about Kang Prefecture’s alliance and the Yaksha King’s support.
• The Yaksha King’s pressure frightened Xuan Zhenzi, who apologized before the Yaksha King ordered the Lingxiao Seven to warn True Lord Taiyi not to force him to join Kang Prefecture’s sects.
• Lei Dong remained unaware of the confrontation and counted Spirit Stones while seeking ways to grow stronger.

Lei Dong used his newfound wealth to plan his forces’ growth before Supreme Sect could return, then discovered that Mute Girl possessed a rare Spiritual Blood Body. He arranged for Blood Demon to teach her the Blood Sha Divine Skill, giving her a path to erase her facial marks and become a powerful ally.

• Lei Dong allocated his immense Spirit Stone fortune toward trade, cultivation, and strengthening his people, while assigning Heavenly Demon to lead a major deal in Zhao Prefecture.
• Lei Dong planned to use the Cave Heaven Blessed Land to cultivate Blood Demon, Myriad Ghost Ancestor, Ding Wanyan, Dongfang Fu, Qi Feifei, Lei Qing'er, and Mute Girl.
• Lei Dong decided to ask the Beast Taming Sect whether the Soul Devouring Shadow Tiger’s bloodline could be improved.
• Blood Demon examined Mute Girl and identified her as a rare natural Spiritual Blood Body suited to the Blood Sha Divine Skill.
• Lei Dong agreed that Blood Demon could take Mute Girl as his disciple and guide her cultivation, and she eagerly accepted.

Lei Dong’s forces expanded while he cultivated in the Cave Heaven Blessed Land, but its ancient formation failed after exhausting its Heavenly Spirit Stones. Several of his allies made major breakthroughs before it shut down, while Lei Dong remained at Golden Core High-tier and faced the loss of its cultivation benefits.

• Lei Dong assigned his subordinates to recruit talented cultivators, expand the Earth Giant Tribe, and build influence in the Nether Domain before entering secluded cultivation.
• After four years, Heavenly Devil returned with a vast haul of pills, and Lei Dong considered selling some in the Nether Domain to buy Yin Sha Heavenly Thunder.
• The Cave Heaven Blessed Land’s spiritual energy and time distortion vanished when its formation’s one hundred and eight Heavenly Spirit Stones crumbled to dust.
• Blood Demon advanced to Nascent Soul Mid-tier, Myriad Ghost Ancestor reached Nascent Soul Mid-tier, the Twin Yin Sha Heroes reached Nascent Soul Early Stage, and Qi Feifei reached Nascent Soul Early Stage.
• Lei Dong’s cultivation only reached Golden Core High-tier because he could not afford the immense resources needed to advance further.